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The ratio of cupcakes to children at a particular birthday [#permalink]

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22 Jul 2007, 15:13

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The ratio of cupcakes to children at a particular birthday party is 104 to 7. Each chiled at the birthday party eats exactly x cupcakes (where x is a positive integer) and the adults attending the birthday paraty do not ear anything. If the number of cupcakes that remain uneaten is less than the number of children at the birthday party, what must be true about the number of uneaten cupcakes?

I. It is a multiple of 2.
II. It is a multiple of 3.
III. It is a multiple of 7.

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23 Jul 2007, 11:22

ioiio wrote:

They must have had 14 cupcakes each.

7*14 = 98. Remaining uneaten is 6x.

So, I and II are true.

Not exactly. If there were 7 children, the cupcakes would be 728.
If each child ate 14 we would have 630 left, which is more than 7!!
I think we need less than 728-7 to be consumed or 722.
Number left-6. In this case I and II stand.

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23 Jul 2007, 12:49

Hayabusa, I think you missed the part of the problem where it said that the ratio is 104 cupcakes per every 7 children. Not 104 cupcakes per child (talk about a sugar rush!)

I think I know where ioiio was trying to go with that. If you divide 104 by 7, you get that each child would get a minimum of ~14.85 cupcakes, or 14 whole cupcakes (assuming that there is a minimum of 7 children and 104 cupcakes).

Then, if you multiply the 14 whole cupcakes by the 7 children you come up with 98 whole cupcakes, meaning that you'd have 6 leftover cupcakes. So, by this logic, since 2 (I.) and 3 (II.) are both multiples of 6, then I and II would be true. I have no idea if this would hold true if there were more children.

I have absolutely no idea if this is right, or even in the right ballpark. Is the OA available?

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Hayabusa, I think you missed the part of the problem where it said that the ratio is 104 cupcakes per every 7 children. Not 104 cupcakes per child (talk about a sugar rush!)

I think I know where ioiio was trying to go with that. If you divide 104 by 7, you get that each child would get a minimum of ~14.85 cupcakes, or 14 whole cupcakes (assuming that there is a minimum of 7 children and 104 cupcakes).

Then, if you multiply the 14 whole cupcakes by the 7 children you come up with 98 whole cupcakes, meaning that you'd have 6 leftover cupcakes. So, by this logic, since 2 (I.) and 3 (II.) are both multiples of 6, then I and II would be true. I have no idea if this would hold true if there were more children.

I have absolutely no idea if this is right, or even in the right ballpark. Is the OA available?

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Hayabusa, I think you missed the part of the problem where it said that the ratio is 104 cupcakes per every 7 children. Not 104 cupcakes per child (talk about a sugar rush!)

I think I know where ioiio was trying to go with that. If you divide 104 by 7, you get that each child would get a minimum of ~14.85 cupcakes, or 14 whole cupcakes (assuming that there is a minimum of 7 children and 104 cupcakes).

Then, if you multiply the 14 whole cupcakes by the 7 children you come up with 98 whole cupcakes, meaning that you'd have 6 leftover cupcakes. So, by this logic, since 2 (I.) and 3 (II.) are both multiples of 6, then I and II would be true. I have no idea if this would hold true if there were more children.

I have absolutely no idea if this is right, or even in the right ballpark. Is the OA available?

Sorry Guyz. I dont get to check the forums at work. Yeah! you were right about how I got that solution.

I should have explained better. I have been solving these GMAT problems for all of two days now. I am yet to get used to the jargon used here and sometimes have no clue whether any of my ramblings make sense to others or not